Mother-child conversations about gender : understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs /
Gelman, Susan A,
Mother-child conversations about gender : understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs / [print] Susan A. Gelman, Marianne G. Taylor, Simone P. Nguyen ; with commentary by Campbell Leaper, Rebecca S. Bigler. - Boston : Blackwell Publishing, (c)2004. - vii, 145 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm. - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; v. 69, no. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Methods and preliminary results -- How children and mothers express gender essentialism -- talk about categories versus individuals (generics vs. non-generics) -- Beyond the individual : discourse patterns and correlational analyses -- General discussion.
This looks at how mothers and young children talk about gender, to discover the potential role of language in fostering gender stereotypes. Mothers and their sons/daughters, who were 2-1/2, 4-1/2, or 6-1/2 years of age, were videotaped discussing a picture book that focused on gender.
Mother and child.
Gender identity.
Sex role.
Women in development.
Socialization.
HQ1075.G319.M684 2004 HQ1075
Mother-child conversations about gender : understanding the acquisition of essentialist beliefs / [print] Susan A. Gelman, Marianne G. Taylor, Simone P. Nguyen ; with commentary by Campbell Leaper, Rebecca S. Bigler. - Boston : Blackwell Publishing, (c)2004. - vii, 145 pages : illustrations, charts ; 23 cm. - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; v. 69, no. 1 .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- Methods and preliminary results -- How children and mothers express gender essentialism -- talk about categories versus individuals (generics vs. non-generics) -- Beyond the individual : discourse patterns and correlational analyses -- General discussion.
This looks at how mothers and young children talk about gender, to discover the potential role of language in fostering gender stereotypes. Mothers and their sons/daughters, who were 2-1/2, 4-1/2, or 6-1/2 years of age, were videotaped discussing a picture book that focused on gender.
Mother and child.
Gender identity.
Sex role.
Women in development.
Socialization.
HQ1075.G319.M684 2004 HQ1075